Comments on: Netflix: Cancelled http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/06/21/netflix-cancelled/ ...so google can index my head. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Houman http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/06/21/netflix-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-188083 Houman Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:42:51 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1044#comment-188083 "we can make a decision about what we want to watch less than 5 minutes before we want to start watching it." Who is your internet provider - I would love to be able to start watching an HD flic within 5 minutes of the download;-) “we can make a decision about what we want to watch less than 5 minutes before we want to start watching it.”

Who is your internet provider – I would love to be able to start watching an HD flic within 5 minutes of the download;-)

]]> By: Colin Barrett http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/06/21/netflix-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-188056 Colin Barrett Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:22:31 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1044#comment-188056 I would love to drop Netflix, but the selection just isn't there. I just took a survey of the top 10 items in my Netflix queue. I searched for each one on iTunes: only two were available (both were available to rent, though). Even if the selections were the same, having to spend $3 to rent a movie is a big deterrent. "Do I want to pay $3 to rent this?" is a much different decision than paying $17 (or $9) every month and being able to instantly decide to watch a movie without worrying about how much it's costing me. I wish there were a service that offered Netflix-level selection, a per month pricing scheme (I'd be fine with limiting the number of movies per month) but was purely digital. Sigh. I would love to drop Netflix, but the selection just isn’t there. I just took a survey of the top 10 items in my Netflix queue. I searched for each one on iTunes: only two were available (both were available to rent, though).

Even if the selections were the same, having to spend $3 to rent a movie is a big deterrent. “Do I want to pay $3 to rent this?” is a much different decision than paying $17 (or $9) every month and being able to instantly decide to watch a movie without worrying about how much it’s costing me.

I wish there were a service that offered Netflix-level selection, a per month pricing scheme (I’d be fine with limiting the number of movies per month) but was purely digital. Sigh.

]]> By: k http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/06/21/netflix-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-188037 k Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:29:50 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1044#comment-188037 I was going to drop netflix at the same time I dropped cable for the same reasons; I use AppleTV and Amazon Unbox and my HD antenna. Instead, I have a one movie at a time subscription to Netflix and I use the Internet services to fill the time between shipments. A little bit of everything. Especially since the online selections are still so limited. I was going to drop netflix at the same time I dropped cable for the same reasons; I use AppleTV and Amazon Unbox and my HD antenna. Instead, I have a one movie at a time subscription to Netflix and I use the Internet services to fill the time between shipments. A little bit of everything. Especially since the online selections are still so limited.

]]> By: julian http://www.friday.com/bbum/2008/06/21/netflix-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-188036 julian Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:11:28 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/?p=1044#comment-188036 And they're killing Profiles, the one thing that made their movie recommendation engine useful when several people were using it. :( And they’re killing Profiles, the one thing that made their movie recommendation engine useful when several people were using it. :(

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